Solution

Use MS Text editor as clipboard

Set the regional and language options:1. Windows Start menu, Settings, Control panel2. Open the Regional and Language Options tool3. Select the Advanced tab4. In the Code page conversion table the specific code must be enabled(e.g. code 10007 for MAC-Cyrillic)5. Save your settings with Apply

Place the text:1. Copy the foreign text from the Excel file2. Open the Place text tool (Text toolbox)3. Paste the foreign text into the text editor4. Place the text in the .dgn file. The text is displayed in foreign characters